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Leon Jordan
Leon Mercer Jordan (May 6, 1905, Kansas City, Missouri - July 15, 1970, Kansas City, Missouri) was an American police officer, politician and civil rights leader who was assassinated on July 15, 1970. He was "one of the most influential African Americans in Kansas City's history" and, at the time of his death, the "state’s most powerful black politician".〔
==Early years==
Jordan attended Lincoln High School in Kansas City, served in the U.S. Army,〔 and graduated from Wilberforce University in Wilberforce, Ohio in 1932.〔 He married fellow Wilberforce student Orchid Irene Ramsey on August 10, 1932.〔 After graduation, he worked as a school teacher.〔
Jordan joined the Kansas City Police Department in 1938, became a detective, and in 1952, became the first African-American police lieutenant in that department's history. He took a leave of absence in 1947, and spent eight years training the police forces of Liberia.〔 A pilot, he flew his own plane around the country.〔 In 1948, he helped coordinate the rescue of the French High Commissioner of West Africa and 16 other French officials after their plane made a forced landing. He was awarded the Chevalier of the Star of Africa by Liberian President William Tubman in 1948.〔
In 1951, Jordan became a life member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.〔 He returned to Kansas City in February, 1952, and was promoted to police lieutenant. However, he discovered that he had little power, so he resigned and went back to Liberia for three years.〔 He returned to Kansas City for good in the mid-1950s, and purchased the Green Duck Tavern.〔
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